2000 2000 - Spider's Web storytellers, founded by Liz Porter, Kate Portal and Ghislaine Walker2000 - Shape projects 'Vinyl Producers' and 'Vinyl Dreams' - three artists selected2000 - Five arts documentaries screened on HTV West about art + power and 'The Freedom Project', at Hampden Community Centre2000, 21 January - DASH Bash Festival, Ludlow Assembly Rooms2000, February - East Midlands Shape organise placing of sculptures in parks and woodlands across Leicestershire2000, February - 'Getting Noticed', poster exhibition for young people for exhibition in schools, accompanied by Educational Resource Pack2000, February - No Bony Abnormalities by Carrie Thomas, Diorama. Play about the people the author met 'while an inpatient of mental health clinics and hospital'2000, 18 February - The Missing Piece showcase by The Graeae Theatre Company, culmination of a training course for young disabled actors2000, March - D'Art magazine launched by WMDAF, 'a new publication by disabled people about disability art and disability culture' 2000, March - Ian Dury dies2000, 13-26 March - 'Finding a View' - NWDAF project where disabled people were given disposable cameras to document their lives. Images displayed at Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool2000, March - High Spin Dance Company present The Surgeon's Waltz, Jackson's Lane Community Centre 2000, March - Goodbye Asylum: The last ward at Shenley hospital by Brendan Wilson. Oral history project in photographs documenting the lives of people about to leave Shenley Hospital2000, April - Shropshire Millenium Art commissions for new performance work2000, April - New Breed Theatre Company present So here it is..., the culmination of two weeks of workshops led by Garry Robson2000, May - Lifting the Lid, second disability film festival, at The Lux2000, 26 May - Drake Music Project play at Millenium Dome2000, May-June - Millenium Meltdown Disability Arts and Cultural Diversity Festival in Warwickshire2000, 25 May - 'Access Denied?', major conference on disability, the arts and new technology, at Sadler's Wells2000, June - Loose Screws CD by Core Arts2000, June - Mad Pride, a celebration of mad culture2000, 1-14 June - 'Devalued People' photographic exhibition by Peter O'Brien, Theatre Royal, Nottingham2000, 21 June - Celebration of Disability Pride2000, July - Beyond Reason, book of exhibition by Aidan Shingler2000, 15 July - Mad Pride Festival, Clissold Park. Mad Pride is committed to ending discrimination against psychiatric patients, promoting survivor equality and celebrating Mad culture. Music from Panic, Stratford Mercenaries, Fish Brothers, Gertrude and Leviant2000, 1-22 July - 'The Art of Disability - A Retrospective'. Exhibition of photographs by Steven Bloch at the Diorama Gallery2000, 18 July - Disability event as part of 'Out of that Darkness: The Legacy of the Holocaust' (ICA week). Includes films Children of Gaia, After the Truth, Healing by Killing, Liebe Perla, One of Us, The Undesirables and discussions2000, 18-20 August - Independence Festival 2000, Birmingham 2000, 26 September - Getting Noticed, NDAF poster project launched at Tate Modern2000, 20 September - 'Attitude is Everything' campaign for access in music venues. Launches with a gig at Dingwalls2000, 18 September - 15 October - Transitions Disability Arts Conference and Season, Jackson's Lane2000, 13-15 October - Fifth Deaf Film and Television Festival2000, 29 November - 16 December - Tandem Theatre present Harold Pinter's Mountain Language and Landscape in British Sign Language2000, November - Graeae Theatre Company present The Fall of the House of Usher, Jackson's Lane Community Centre2000, November - Survivors Theatre Workshops, Jackson's Lane Community Centre2000, November - Charnwood Disability Week, Loughborough Town Hall. Mayor unveils sculpture by local disability group. Followed by Bitter and Twisted, Jez Colbourne and Julie McNamara2000, 1 December - International Day of Disabled People at the Drum, Birmingham. Featuring Steve Holland, Peppermint Lounge, Different Beat and Angry Fish, The Fugertivs and Julie McNamara with McNamayhem2000, 9 December - Gigs and Festival 2000 by Mad Pride, featuring Headjam, Skinny Millionaires, Razz, Julie McNamara and MacNamayhem, Dan Antolopolski and Norrin Radd Manage Cookie Preferences